FAOSTAT · 1992–2024
Sheep in North Macedonia
North Macedonia had 517,128 sheep in 2024, the 97th largest in the world (0.04% of the world total). Over ten years it fell by 30%. The record was 2.5 million head in 1995.
- Animals, 2024
- 517,128 head
- World rank
- 97 of 177
- 10-year change
- −30%
- Record
- 2.5 million head
- 1995
Sheep in North Macedonia, 1992–2024 (head)
By year
| Year | Head | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 517,128 | −12% |
| 2023 | 587,073 | −9.2% |
| 2022 | 646,488 | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 633,281 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 630,634 | −7.9% |
| 2019 | 684,558 | −5.8% |
| 2018 | 726,990 | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 724,555 | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 723,295 | −1.4% |
| 2015 | 733,510 | −0.9% |
| 2014 | 740,457 | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 731,828 | −0.1% |
| 2012 | 732,338 | −4.5% |
| 2011 | 766,631 | −1.5% |
| 2010 | 778,404 | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 755,358 | −7.5% |
| 2008 | 816,604 | −0.1% |
| 2007 | 817,536 | −35% |
| 2006 | 1,248,801 | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,244,000 | −13% |
| 2004 | 1,432,369 | +16% |
| 2003 | 1,239,300 | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,233,800 | −1.4% |
| 2001 | 1,251,000 | −2.9% |
| 2000 | 1,289,000 | −2.0% |
| 1999 | 1,315,000 | −19% |
| 1998 | 1,631,000 | −10% |
| 1997 | 1,813,895 | −22% |
| 1996 | 2,319,905 | −5.9% |
| 1995 | 2,466,099 | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 2,458,648 | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 2,351,408 | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 2,250,549 | — |
Other large producers
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm.